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From YouTube: CREST Awards 2005
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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 18, 2005. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.
Award recipients include Catherine Wong and Alice Jarrett, Alan and Marge Taniguchi, Gilbert Wong, Frances Seward, Diane Benedetti, the Cupertino Library Volunteers, the Friends of the Cupertino Library, the Cupertino Library Foundation, and the Library Commission.
This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.
A
A
But
as
a
matter
of
fact,
this
is
a
whole
room
full
of
special
people.
One
of
the
things
that
makes
Cupertino
such
a
remarkable
place
is
that
it
is
a
community
of
capable
volunteers
and
some
of
our
hardest-working
and
often
unrecognized
volunteers
are
our
city
council
members.
They
probably
feel
right
at
home
in
this
room.
They
were
here
too
close
to
midnight
last
night
and
I
see
them
here
again,
and
let
me
just
mention
them
to
you.
A
First
I
have
the
vice
mayor,
Richard
Lowenthal,
who
is
off
doing
another
event,
civic
duty,
and
he
will
be
here
shortly-
he'll
be
here
in
time
to
make
the
presentation.
But
he
asked
me
to
make
his
apology
for
not
being
here
at
the
beginning,
because
he
serves
the
community
in
a
great
many
ways
and
he's
off
doing
that
right
now.
We
also
have
councilmember
Sandra
James,
who
is
here,
and
you
will
be
seeing
her
in
a
moment
and
councilmember
dolly
sand
of
all.
B
Thank
You
Dale
they
Dave.
This
is
indeed
a
great
event
for
Cupertino
today,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
being
here
tonight.
This
event
is
my
favorite.
It
is
the
event
when
we
come
together
as
a
city
and
a
community
to
recognize
people
who
make
who
helped
to
make
our
community
a
wonderful
place.
People
have
always
been
the
difference
in
Cupertino,
and
that
is
what
we
are
here
tonight.
B
B
Today
is
the
11th
year
of
our
crest
award,
you
haven't
good
years,
and
we
have
many
many
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
volunteers
that
have
been
recognized
tonight,
we're
adding
more
to
the
list.
We
have
ten
recipients
for
groups
of
six
individuals
and
I
will
start
off
with
the
first
presentation,
and
the
presentation
will
begin
with
a
brief
introduction
by
the
presenter,
followed
by
a
video
and
then
the
awards.
B
It
is
my
pressure
to
that
today
to
present
this
award
to
Katherine
wall
Katherine,
wrong,
I,
know
Katherine
for
over
20
years
and
his
family,
and
we
have
been
friends
for
many
years
going
to
the
same
church
together
and
Katherine,
and
my
wife
Susan
above
registers
were
working
for
Kaiser
Katherine
is
nominated
tonight
because
of
her
exemplary
efforts
in
helping
our
community.
She
is
nominated
by
the
Cupertino
Senior
Center
the
crest
award
is
off
is
given
to
her
because
of
a
continued
commitment
in
the
community
sinner
Santa
and
his
members.
B
Katherine
is
a
registered
nurse,
as
I
indicated.
She
joined
the
center
about
five
years
ago,
working
together
to
make
at
least
to
make
sure
that
the
blood
pressure's
checks
are
available
to
all
members,
at
least
once
a
week.
He
works
she
what's
very
very
closely
and
a
very
good
strong
rapport
with
our
seniors
and
members
who
will
open
up
in
them
allowing
the
nurses
to
steer
them
in
the
directions
of
which
they
can
get
further
needed
assistance.
B
In
addition,
caffeine
is
a
vice
nurse
at
Kaiser,
she's,
very
concerned
about
the
well-being
of
the
members
and,
through
her
her,
the
Senior
Center
established
a
very
good
working
relation
with
professionals
and
cover
topics
such
as
blood
pressure,
women's
health,
aging,
lab
testing
and
skin
care
and
lecture.
The
lectures
were
translated
in
Mandarin
and
through
her
efforts
she
has
done
a
lot
to
help
asian-americans
and
as
well
as
all
the
seniors
of
different
races
at
the
Senior
Center.
So
that's
ruined
a
video.
C
D
C
Began
helping
out
at
the
center
about
six
years
ago,
taking
members
blood
pressure,
an
advice
nurse
at
Kaiser
hospital.
She
quickly
recognized
the
need
to
bring
a
structured
health
education
program
to
the
seniors.
Using
her
contacts
at
Kaiser,
she
initiated
a
series
of
health
lectures
provided
by
medical
professionals.
Last
year,
more
than
400
seniors
attended
the
lectures
Kaiser.
C
D
It's
hard
for
them
to
speak
up,
so
I
listen
and
if
they
are,
you
know
if
the
abrupt
pressures
being
affected
if
they
started
crying
or
if
they
feel
like
they
are
really
quite
stressed
out.
I
refer
them
to
the
social
workers,
see,
if
anything
you
know
can
help
out.
Maybe
they
are
in
the
situation
that
we
really
need
to
speak.
So
that's
my
cost
right
now.
I
feel
like
I
need
to
speak
up
for
other
grandparents
and.
D
D
Thank
you,
of
course,
Thank
You,
mayor
wok,
for
this
honor
and
also
wants
to
thank
you
in
the
city
of
Cupertino
as
well
as
thing
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Cupertino
Senior
Center.
They
have
a
wonderful
staff
there.
If
anyone
who
hasn't
had
a
chance
to
go
there,
please
drop
by
there.
Of
course,
I'd
like
to
share
this
award
with
all
the
volunteers.
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
people
out
there
that
doing
volunteer
work,
and
so
here's
to
everyone.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
Thank
You
mayor
quack,
good
evening,
everybody,
it's
my
honor
to
present
the
next
recipient
up,
quite
a
work
to
Allen
and
Margit
Taniguchi
I
know
them
from
there
being
any
of
the
service
on
council
the
being
of
last
year.
One
of
the
few
assignments
that
I
got
appointed
by
my
colleague
council
colleague,
was
to
be
the
liaison
of
forest
since
the
city
of
Cupertino
and
so
I
attend
the
meeting
to
toyokawa
the
city
committee
meeting
and
I
was
impressed.
E
That's
just
really
a
fun
group
people
they
delegated
their
time
and
hours
and
serve
the
community
and
do
that.
The
work
and
amount
is
diligent
group
people
I
merely
you
know.
A
comma
ice
was
Allen
and
mer
margin
because
they
are
two
of
the
few
lone
workers
in
that
volunteers.
In
that
group,
Allen
designed
the
the
graphic
for
the
moon
I
mean
the
Cherry
Blossom
Festival.
E
We
see
it's
the
one
of
the
event
they
do
the
fundraising
for
the
festival
or
for
the
exchange
students
and
for
the
sister
city-
and
it
was
just
amazing-
I-
have
not
seen
that
you
should
look
for
that
next
year,
cuz
the
chair
plows
on
us
every
year
in
April.
It's
really
awesome
job
and
Allen
spends
x
times
on
that
and
make
it
really
the
professional
job
and
I
can
describe
anymore.
I
really
encourage
you
to
take
a
look
at
that
next
year.
E
Margin
is
the
treasure
for
five
years
for
that
organization
and
she
also
co-chaired
the
cheer
blossoms
and
also
the
student
change
program
for
this
organization.
What
really
inspired
me
was
that
they
both
have
a
full-time
job,
but
they
put
in
hours
hours
delegated
to
this
organization
and
work
for
everything's
there.
Their
daughter
went
to
Aqaba
as
the
student
delegate
seven
years
ago.
E
They
started
to
contribute
and
to
work
for
this
organization
volunteer
for
that,
as
it's
just
a
so
amazing
this
is
you
know,
people
that
we
really
should
recognize
and
they
work
for
just
kind
of
behind
the
scene,
so
I'm
so
honored
that
have
this
opportunity
to
present
it.
The
word
to
this
couple
I
will
just
have
a
little
bit
about
their.
You
know
other
volunteers.
Besides
the
sister
city,
they
also
volunteer
to
PTA
they
volunteered
to
the
Girl
Scout
and
they
also
volunteer
some
function
for
the
church.
C
F
Our
daughter
went,
she
had
such
a
wonderful
experience
that
I
wanted
to
give
back
to
the
program,
so
we
just
started
going
to
the
meetings
kind
of
listening
to
see.
You
know
how
the
organization
was
run,
turned
out
to
be
a
great
group
of
people
to
work
with,
and
they
still
are,
and
so
we
just
started.
You
know
volunteering
more
and
more,
wherever
we
we,
wherever
they
needed
help
and
now
we're
heavily
involved.
F
C
Taniguchi's
are
among
a
core
group
of
dedicated
volunteers
on
the
Cupertino
toyokawa
sister
city
committee
were
sponsors,
student
exchanges
and
the
annual
Cherry
Blossom
Festival
Marge,
co-chaired
the
festival
and
the
exchange
program
last
year
and
Allen
continued
devoting
his
time
and
talent
as
the
group's
resident
graphic
artist
and
on-the-spot
helper
throughout
their
20
years.
In
Cupertino,
the
taniguchi's
had
been
volunteers
in
school
scout
and
church
groups.
Today
they
find
tremendous
satisfaction
in
their
service
to
the
sister
city
committee,
I.
G
Guess
I
enjoy
seeing
the
the
faces
of
especially
the
children
of
this
program
when
they
come
back
there
and
before
they
go.
There's
a
lot
of
apprehension
a
lot
of
questions,
but
when
they
come
back
they're
all
full
of
life,
you
know
that
they
seen
a
lot
over.
There.
They're
really
excited
about
sharing
their
experiences
with
us,
and
it's
it's
really
a
rewarding
thing.
So
that
to
me
is
what
makes
it
worthwhile.
G
It's
really
a
good
feeling,
so
I
think
exposures
to
other
cultures
and
people's
broadens
their
knowledge
and
makes
them
more
acceptable
to
other
things
other
than
what
we
consider.
You
know
normal
for
us,
and
these
kids
come
back
and
tell
us
about
these
different
things,
and
so
you
know
they
learn
some
of
these
other
customs
and,
and
it
makes
it
I
think
a
better
world
that
way.
E
H
F
F
Honorable
mayor
clock,
City,
Councilmembers,
Allen
and
I
have
always
enjoyed
volunteering
and
working
behind
the
scenes
scene,
never
expecting
of
any
individual
recognition.
So
we
are
very
honored
and
deeply
touched
by
being
nominated
and
receiving
this
award.
We
would
like
to
express
our
appreciation
to
the
Cupertino
toyokawa
sister
city
organization,
the
Cupertino
school
district
and
the
city
of
Cupertino
for
their
continuous
support
of
the
Cherry
Blossom
Festival
and
the
student
exchange
program.
F
Would
you
stand
right
here?
Keep
me
company
in
1997
our
daughter,
Vicki
asked
if
she
could
apply
for
the
student
exchange
program
to
toyokawa
little
did
we
know
that
this
would
be
the
start
of
a
rewarding
journey.
Our
daughter
is
now
senior
in
college
and
she
still
has
fond
memories
of
her
home
stay
in
toyokawa
as
members
of
the
toyokawa
sister
city
organization.
We
look
forward
each
year
to
sending
a
new
group
of
young
middle
school
students
off
to
experience
a
different
culture
and
lifestyle
and
new
friendships.
F
The
Cherry
Blossom
Festival
raises
funds
to
assist
in
deferring
some
of
the
travel
cost
to
the
students.
It
continues
to
give
us
great
pleasure
in
knowing
we
are
part
of
a
dedicated
team
of
volunteers
working
to
keep
this
program
going,
so
future
students
can
have
the
opportunity
of
participating
in
this
home
state
exchange.
Thank
you.
E
The
next
request-
our
receive
Ian
I,
would
like
to
introduce
is
a
very
good
friend
of
mine,
Gilbert,
Wong,
there's,
so
so
many
good
things
that
I
don't
know
how
to
start
with
Gilbert.
Let's
go
from
the
professional
part
of
it.
Gober
is
the
chill
for
chairperson
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
asian-american
Business
Council,
and
she
was.
He
was
just
instrumental
in
elevating
the
stature
of
the
chamber.
Albert
I
mean
Gilbert,
helped
to
the
chamber
to
increase
their
member
of
Asian
businesses
to
30%
in
a
year
and
Gilbert
helps
a
lot
of
functions.
E
E
Gilbert
is
currently
the
Planning
Commission
Chair.
He
would
just
notice
that
he
have
no
absence
this
year
and
the
serving
at
Planning
Commission.
That's
really
something
like
to
to
emphasize,
and
he
is
so
diligent
working
for
the
community.
He
is
currently
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
board
member
and
it
also
the
vice
president
of
outreach
and
community
he's
currently
working
for
his
family
business
as
in
real
estate.
Investment
and
management
and
Gelber
is
a
person
that,
once
you
get
acquainted
with
him,
you
want
to
be
his
friend.
E
E
C
Many
of
the
city's
most
effective
leaders
and
dedicated
volunteers
came
out
of
the
leadership
cupertino
program
and
gilbert
long
is
certainly
a
case
in
point
shortly
after
graduating
from
the
program
he
secured
a
spot
on
the
city's
Planning
Commission,
where
he
now
serves
as
chairman.
He
also
began
volunteering
for
the
Chamber
of
Commerce's
Asian
American
business
council.
The.
I
C
I
Have
an
annual
lunar
luncheon,
which
corresponds
with
the
Chinese
New
Year,
and
we
have
it
each
year
has
been
very
successful
to
get
both
business
community
leaders,
elected
officials
locally
here
in
Provo
Chino
and
the
business
community
to
come
together.
Another
thing
that
we
started
two
years
ago
was
the
Diwali
festival
and
the
Moon
Festival
luncheon.
The
festival
is
another
Chinese
call
gate
that
is
not
as
young
as
the
Chinese
New
Year
holiday
through.
C
I
Born
and
raised
here
in
Santa,
Clara
County
and
living
Cupertino
for
the
past
twelve
years,
I
believe
that
I
can
be
a
good
bridge
between
both
sides
and
also
kind
of
educate
the
newcomers
that
you
need
to
to
really
utilize
that
you
know
if
you're,
very
busy,
working
or
you're
busy
with
your
kids
there's
other
ways
to
help
by
you
know
joining
the
PTA
joining
the
school
site.
Council
maybe
volunteer
at
the
CCS
kitchen.
I
want
help
folks
to
get
in
wrong.
J
I
Thank
you,
Kal's
Erma,
Kris,
Wang,
mayor
clock
and
city
council
members
and
city
manager,
Dave
nap.
This
is
an
honor
to
receive
this
award
volunteer.
Is
something
really
special
to
me,
especially
with
a
family
I
want
to
say
special.
You
know
to
my
spouse
Helen
for
giving
me
the
time
to
volunteer,
because
it's
really
really
hard.
I
I
like
how
it
opened
up
leadership
cupertino,
because
that's
how
I
got
involved
in
thinking
about
how
to
volunteer
and
I
think
Darrell
still
really
led
the
way
for
me
to
think
about
how
to
volunteer
there's
other
ways
to
volunteer
other
than
running
for
elected
office
or
being
on
commission.
They
are
rewarding
volunteering
for
the
kokino
chamber.
Commerce
was
a
perfect
niche
for
me,
especially
being
on
the
asian-american
Business
Council.
I
It's
the
best
way
to
bridge
the
community
and
to
bring
business
folks
together
through
on
the
Lunar
New
Year
luncheon,
the
moon,
luncheon
and
Diwali
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
our
Jody
Hansen
for
nominating
me
and
really
looking
for
working
with
our
new
CEO
Chris
as
well
as
Mike
folks.
Our
president,
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
today.
E
K
Am
very,
very
honored
to
introduce
to
you
this
evening,
someone
who
started
her
career
by
volunteering
to
join
the
Army
in
World
War,
two
and
fight
with
all
those
very
brave
people
who
secured
our
Liberty
and
gave
us
the
right
to
be
here
tonight
to
do
these
kinds
of
celebrations
and
as
she
retired
in
the
latter
parts
of
her
career,
she
is
still
volunteering
and
she's
volunteering
to
help
all
of
us
in
our
community.
Please,
let
me
introduce
you
to
Alice
Jarrett.
C
L
C
L
Mostly
it's
taking
blood
pressures
here
and
then
we
try
to
do
some
educational
work,
along
with
it,
with
the
probe
with
the
pamphlets
and
with
the
individual
problems
of
the
people
that
are
taking
having
they're
both
pressure
taken.
So
they
want
to
know
how
to
get
it
their
blood
pressure
at
the
right
level,
so
you're
trying
to
help
them
do
that.
Although.
C
She's
now
retired
Alice
renews
her
nursing
license
at
her
own
expense
to
stay
current
with
medical
advances.
While
she
works
at
the
Senior
Center,
she
makes
sure
blood
pressure.
Testing
is
available
every
week
and
maintains
all
equipment
and
records
genuinely
concerned
for
the
health
and
safety
of
cupertino
seniors.
Alice
finds
intense
satisfaction
in
her
work.
There.
L
Are
wonderful
people
and
it's
nice
when
they
finally
take
care
of
themselves
and
I
think
that's
the
same
way
with
our
taking
blood
pressures
when
you
finally
are
successful
in
getting
people
to
read
the
labels
on
the
cans
of
food
and
not
choose
the
high
sodium
foods,
why
you
feel
like
you're
of
assistance
to
themselves?
It's
I
think
it's
very
rewarding.
There's.
K
K
M
K
One
of
the
things
that
reason
was
we
do
the
crest
Awards
is
to
honor
the
people
that
are
volunteering,
but
also
to
encourage
other
people
to
volunteer
and
and
and
I
hope,
especially
people
that
watch
this
program,
and
many
many
do
are
really
really
inspired
by
people
like
Alice
Jarrett.
So
let
me
give
you
your
award.
It's
a
beautiful
one.
K
L
I
want
to
thank
the
Cupertino
Senior
Center
for
nominating
Cathy
and
I.
We
of
course
deserve
it,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
people
working
at
the
scene
at
the
Senior
Center
that
put
in
countless
hours
many
many
many
hours
for
seniors
there.
And
if
you
are
a
senior
and
haven't
been
there,
you
should
come
and
visit
it's
a
wonderful
place
and
the
staff
is
absolutely
couldn't
be
better
and
we're
proud
to
be
associated
with
them.
And
it's
been
a
real
thrill
for
us
to
represent
that
Center
and
we
hope
to
keep
going
I
still.
L
K
C
H
Most
rewarding
is
to
see
the
people
that
I
helped
at
CCS
get
in
a
place
where
they
emotionally
and
physically
feel
better,
because
they
don't
have
the
pressure
of
the
debt
and
the
bank's
calling
them
because
of
the
financial
situation,
and
there
are
many
people
that
I
help
that
work
40
hours
a
week
and
yet
only
make
16
1700
a
month
to
take-home
pay.
It's
really
really
difficult
to
make
ends
meet
in
this
area
or
in
anywhere
on
that
kind
of
income.
C
A
short
year
ago,
four
SS
approached
Cupertino
Community
Services
and
offered
her
services
as
a
financial
counselor,
two
CCS
clients
working
two
days
a
week.
She
established
the
money,
management
and
counseling
program,
a
free
service
that
helps
people
with
budgeting
credit
issues
and
banking
needs.
When.
H
I
was
a
bank
manager.
There
were
many
people
that
came
to
me
that
I
didn't
have
time
to
help
in
the
way
I'm
helping
now
and
I
felt.
This
might
be
a
place
where
I
could
put
up
my
signage
so
to
speak
and
be
able
to
help
people
in
the
community
with
debt
and
banking
issues
that
they
didn't
have
any
idea
how
to
cope
with,
and
as
it's
turned
out,
it's
worked
out
really
really
well
in.
C
K
My
I've
known
Frances
a
long
time,
and
she
mentioned
that
she
wanted
something
to
do
to
leave
her
signature
on
the
reality.
Is
she
could
hang
a
shingle
out
there
and
make
a
lot
of
money
doing
what
she
does
for
free,
because
she
is
very
gifted
and
very
talented
and
extremely
knowledgeable
in
the
area
of
Finance
personally
I've
been
a
widow
for
15
years,
raising
a
son
on
my
own
who's,
graduating
in
two
days
from
college.
Thank
you
God,
and
that
Frances
helped
me
a
lot
work
through
some
of
the
financial
challenges.
K
It
was
one
she
talked
to
me
about
it,
and
she
talked
to
CCS
about
and
in
our
valley
of
creativity
and
innovation,
as
rootkits
and
likes
to
say
she
did
what
we're
known
for
here,
and
she
came
up
with
something
that's
innovative,
creative
and
very
very
successful.
However,
Frances
not
only
brings
her
financial
expertise,
she
brings
a
huge
heart
and
a
tremendous
amount
of
understanding
and
compassion.
It
is
very
difficult
for
people
to
talk
about
their
financial
problems
and
to
not
be
humiliated
in
the
process.
She
never
does
that.
K
H
H
N
O
C
Certainly
says
something
about
this
determined
and
energetic
volunteer
that
in
just
a
short
time,
she
would
go
from
typing
letters
for
Cupertino,
Senior,
Center,
TV
productions
to
mastering
every
piece
of
technical
equipment
in
the
studio
and
then
emerging
as
a
key
player
in
the
ongoing
success
of
the
group.
Just.
O
C
Seniors
have
been
producing
shows
for
an
access
program
called
the
better
part
for
more
than
20
years
and
they've
always
had
an
excellent
track
record.
In
the
past
five
years
with
Diane
steady
involvement,
the
group
has
racked
up
an
additional
14
awards
more
than
Awards,
though
Diane
finds
ways
to
promote
the
team's
programs
to
keep
the
schedule
on
target
and
to
meet
deadlines.
Last
year
she
facilitated
a
complicated
transfer
from
the
group's
T
as
a
college
studio
to
a
public
access
studio
in
Mountain
View.
Through
it
all.
She
remains
upbeat
and
enthusiastic.
C
O
O
O
N
As
you
heard
in
the
video
Diana's
been
with
the
better
part
for
over
ten
years
and
has
been
the
executive
producer
and
under
her
leadership,
the
better
part
has
won
numerous
awards.
Diane
has
also
been
the
spearhead
and
leadership
was
at
the
helm
when
the
better
part
celebrated
their
20th
anniversary
in
2003,
with
a
huge
gala
over
at
the
Cupertino
Senior
Center
Diane's,
not
shy
on
at
either
end
of
the
camera.
N
By
the
way
she's
been
involved
and
interviewed
by
Comcast's
Jack
Hansen
in
2004
she's
been
involved
and
interviewed
with
the
Cupertino
courier
and
as
well
as
KMTV
newsletter,
getting
the
word
out
about
the
better
part
and
how
seniors
in
our
community
can
get
involved
in
volunteer
in
the
community,
learn
from
each
other
and,
of
course,
educate
all
in
what
we're
doing
in
our
our
daytime
lives.
These
days,
Dan's
been
a
strong
advocate
with
the
Cupertino
channel
and
let
me
just
underscore
the
transition
of
having
the
station
move
from
the
Anza
College
to
Mountain
View.
N
It
was
really
spearheaded
with
Diane's
leadership
that
that's
was
a
successful
transition,
as
with
change,
people
are
very
hesitant
and
or
weary
about.
What
will
happen
but
with
Diane's
enthusiasm
and
energy
and
confidence,
the
transition
went
smoothly
and
many
people
involved
with
the
better
part
in
the
television
Center
in
general
have
complimented
both
Diane,
the
city
council,
our
staff
and
KMTV
staff
on
this
smooth
and
excellent
transition
dan.
Why
don't
you
come
on
up.
N
A
couple
other
notes:
Diane
under
Diane's
leadership.
The
group
got
involved
with
the
Cupertino
historical
project
and
devoted
many
hours
to
documenting
the
history
of
Cupertino
and
you've,
gotten
involved
with
the
Lunar
New
Year
parade
having
a
bus
full
of
people
out
there
promoting
the
station
in
the
better
part-
and
you
interviewed
me,
which
was
even
the
most
fun.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
activity
and
your
energy
and
your
compassion
to
the
citizens
and
residents
of
Cupertino.
You
well
deserve
this
Thank
You
doll.
N
O
I
was
thinking
about
what
I
might
want
to
say
tonight.
It
began
standing
like
the
Academy,
Awards
and
I
just
ate
that,
but
I
do
I
really
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
my
group.
You
can't
be
the
executive
producer
and
produce
good
shows
without
a
working
crew
of
20
and
it
they've
been
wonderful
and
the
city
I
have
enjoyed
working
with
the
council
and
ricketts
in.
N
P
This
is
such
great
fun.
You
know,
there's
a
talk
I'd
give
about
the
the
Cupertino
miracle.
The
Cupertino
miracle
is
that
we
are
one
of
the
four
lowest
funded
cities
in
the
state.
We
are
in
a
constant
state
of
reduced
budgets,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
library
a
lot,
but
the
library
has
been
particularly
a
victim
of
reduced
budgets,
but
we
are
always
award-winning
our
schools.
We
have
the
best
highest
rated
schools
in
the
state.
Our
library
wins
awards.
It's
all
about
volunteers.
We
absolutely
couldn't
do
it
without
the
volunteers.
P
Q
The
ceremony,
that
is
where
the
officials
were,
and
the
new
doors
and
the
instant
the
doors
were
open,
I
had
to
move
very
rapidly
to
avoid
being
trampled
in
the
rush.
So,
and
it
was
just
a
solid
stream
of
people
literally
shoulder-to-shoulder
and
rushing
into
the
new
library
and
I
was
standing.
There
smiling
from
ear-to-ear
after.
C
Several
years
in
the
planning
stages
in
nearly
two
years
since
the
groundbreaking
ceremony,
cupertino,
x'
crown
jewel
finally
opened
and
everyone
celebrated,
but
the
most
heartfelt
cheers
came
from
the
city's
library
community
for
groups
of
passionate
dedicated
volunteers
that
work
tirelessly
to
see
the
dream
come
true.
The
Cupertino
library
foundation
concentrated
on
fundraising,
collecting
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
for
new
tables
shelves
and
computers.
Their
efforts
continue
today.
Q
C
The
theme
of
enhancing
library
services
are
the
Friends
of
the
Cupertino
library,
a
support
group
for
more
than
40
years.
Members
conduct
three
book
sales
annually
and
the
money
goes
toward
children's
reading
programs
and
other
projects.
Last
year,
the
friends
helped
first
the
news
story
room
and
purchase
an
automated
checkout
machine.
They
become
such
a
fixture
of
the
Cupertino
library
that
the
new
building
was
even
designed
with
them
in
mind.
C
R
S
For
the
last
two
or
three
years,
probably
even
more
than
that,
the
Commission
has
been
pretty
involved
with
the
construction
of
the
new
library
that
has
taken
up
most
of
our
time
and
effort,
and
we
had
the
members
of
the
public
come
to
our
Commission
meetings.
With
concerns
about
you,
know,
parking
and
and
self
check
machines
and
book
drop
and
so
on.
Cupertino.
C
Has
the
highest
circulation
among
the
nine
County
libraries,
so
it
follows
that
we
are
a
community
of
book
lovers:
the
Cupertino
library,
volunteers,
from
high
school
students
to
seniors
share
that
passion
for
books.
Some
of
the
adults
have
been
volunteering
for
17
years
and
the
teens
often
stay
until
they
move
away
to
college.
Their
dedication
was
especially
appreciated
during
the
move
from
the
temporary
library
to
the
new
facility.
T
We
were
in
a
small
10,000
square
feet
library
and
we
moved
into
this
library,
but
what
we
also
had
is
about
6300
boxes
of
books
that
we
had
stored
from
the
old
library.
So
we
had
to
unpack
all
of
them,
put
them
in
the
shelf
and
make
sure
they're
integrated
with
the
stuff
that
we
brought
from
the
temporary
library
and
make
sure
that
they
are
in
exact
order
so
that
when
the
public
comes
in,
they
could
use
it
plus
a
large
amount
of
cleaning
up.
So
they
were
really
really
helpful.
T
S
It
has
enriched
our
lives,
you
know,
like
I
said
we
are
all
people
who
care
deeply
about
what
a
library
does
and
to
be
given
the
opportunity
to
have
some
input
in
how
the
library
runs
and
and
issues
that
are
important
to
the
library
and
to
people
who
use
the
library
is
a
huge
privilege
and
I
think
we're
all.
We
all
feel
lucky
that
we're
apart.
P
P
P
P
Enough
I've
been
on
the
board
of
the
library
system
for
the
last
six
years,
and
it
is
a
struggle
to
deal
with
less
money
and
the
volunteers
are
always
there,
and
you
know
a
good
example
of
that
when
we
went
to
raise
the
tax.
A
lot
of
people
question
us
about
whether
we
were
using
the
money
wisely.
Were
we
raising
money
because
we
were
wasting
it,
but
frankly
it
was
the
volunteers
and
the
friends
and
the
library
foundation
that
made
our
self-checkout
happen.
We
are
national
leaders,
also
in
self-checkout.
P
95%
of
our
materials
are
checked
out
by
our
patrons,
which
frees
up
the
people
that
would
be
clerks
there
to
do
other
interesting
work
in
the
library.
So
it's
the
volunteers.
We
can't
thank
them
enough.
I
think
we
have
to
especially
note
the
25
of
them
are
teenagers
and
they're
there,
lifting
these
books
sorting
the
books
that
they're
sorting
your
returns
weekend
week
out
putting
in
hours
to
give
you
the
best
library
that
you
could
possibly
hope
for.
So,
let's
thank
our
volunteers.
M
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
quota
international
of
Cupertino
for
nominating
our
volunteers
and
our
other
library
support
groups,
and
thank
you
very
much
to
Mayor
Patrick
Locke
in
the
a
councilman
Richard
Lowenthal
Councilwoman
and
a
Kris
Weng
and
jolly
Sandoval
and
Sandra
James
for
in
the
city
of
Cupertino,
for
awarding
the
crest
award
to
our
volunteers
in
our
support
groups.
Our
volunteers
are
a
wonderful
group
of
people,
as
Richard
said
from
teens
to
senior
citizens,
we
had
lots
of
people
come
in
when
we
were
doing
the
move
to
the
new
library.
M
P
Before
I
give
the
physical
award
here
to
Maryanne,
to
bring
back
to
our
volunteers,
I
want
to
also
say
that
in
you've
noticed
that
our
library
is
a
little
bit
bigger
than
the
one
we
had
a
few
years
ago.
It's
it's
roughly
50%
physically
bigger,
but
but
when
we
look
at
the
effectivity,
it's
really
double
the
our
library,
staff
and
volunteers
made
a
commitment
to
the
city
that
we
would
not
have
to
add
staffing.
P
When
we
increase
the
size
of
the
library
that
made
all
the
difference
in
the
world,
we
would
not
have
been
able
to
build
the
library
because
we
would
have
not
been
able
to
to
staff
it
had
the
volunteers
and
the
staff
not
stepped
up
to
saying
we
can
support
this
library,
that's
this
much
bigger
and
has
this
much
more
patronage,
because
we've
got
dedicated
staff
and
dedicated
volunteers.
So
thank
you
especially
for
that.
So
here
are
your
works
and
please
bring
them
to
your
good
friends
and
the
volunteers.
M
P
P
P
You
know
when,
when
you
become
a
council
member
I'm,
an
engineer
by
trade,
that's
what
I
know
how
to
do,
and
so,
when
we
have
this
great
idea,
which
frankly
emanated
from
the
volunteers
and
the
people
in
this
room
to
build
a
new
library,
we
don't
really
know
much
about
it.
We're
not
we're
not
professional
library
professionals.
So
we
call
on
some
people
that
do
know
about
libraries
to
work
those
issues
and
inform
us
and
give
us
good
advice
about
making
the
decisions,
and
these
are
our
experts.
P
P
They
deserve
it,
they've
earned
it
and
I'm
as
proud
of
the
work
as
I
could
possibly
be.
The
the
the
library
is
just
it's.
Just
wonderful
and
you
know
there's
a
lot
that
goes
into
our
library.
Our
library
is
not
just
about
books
anymore.
Our
library
is
a
place
to
live
and
learn.
It's
a
place
to
gather
it's
a
place
for
kids
to
come
and
do
work
together.
All
of
that
had
to
be
defined
by
somebody.
P
Somebody
had
to
figure
out
where
the
rooms
go
and
how
big
a
team
studies
center
should
be
and
how
much
how
much
room
there
ought
to
be
for
for
the
kids
story
times
these.
This
is
the
group
that
pulls
that
together
for
the
for
the
council
and
advises
the
council,
and
we
really
thank
you
for
your
expertise.
P
One
other
thing
that
I
want
to
mention
about
about
the
the
Commission
I
was
when
I
was
mayor.
A
few
years
ago,
I
went
and
visited
our
sister
city
in
sin-shoo,
which
is
in
Taiwan,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
did,
since
our
library
was
in
the
planning
stage,
as
I
visited
their
library
because
they
had,
they
have
a
library
that
they
were
kind
of
refurbishing
at
the
time
and
what
was
very
nice
about
that
visit.
I
was
being
escorted
by
by
Mayor,
Lin
and
I
know.
P
You've
now
met
mayor,
then
he's
a
good
friend
of
our
city.
He
showed
me
the
books
that
diana
woo
had
sent
to
their
library.
We
do
a
library
exchange
with
our
sister
city
since
you
and
they
are
very
proud
of
that
and
they
knew
our
commissioners
names.
The
mayor
told
me
about
the
work
that
our
Commission
did
on
behalf
of
sin-shoo
and
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Cupertino,
so
once
again
give
them
a
round
applause,
they're,
just
wonderful
people.
S
Thank
you
very
much
Richard
and
thank
you
to
the
city
City
Council,
for
giving
us
this
award.
Thank
you
also
to
the
quota
Club
for
nominating
us.
I'd,
also
like
to
introduce
my
fellow
commissioners,
starting
from
my
left,
Ronald
Miller,
eNOS,
Schmidt,
Dinah,
whoo,
Janet,
Reidel,
Susanna,
sy
and
Kathy
steaky.
Thank
you
again.
P
Thanks
very
much
you
could
go
as
I
said
we
have
so
many
people
that
that
help
us
make
the
library
happen,
and
frankly,
our
new
library
wouldn't
be
here
without
you.
You
know
we
were
I'm
telling
you.
We
were
hounded
by
passionate
people
who
believed
in
the
library
who
thought
our
community
deserved
the
best
and
they
and
they
made
that
happen
and
to
introduce
a
few
more
of
those
mayor
kwok
is
going
to
come
up
with.
Is
that
right
to
cancel
men?
Oh
you're,
coming
back
councilmember
sand
of
all.
Please
come
on
back
up.
N
Yeah
we
like
to
shake
things
up
a
little
bit.
Keep
our
colleagues
on
their
toes
hear
it
again.
You've
seen
the
video
on
the
library
how
many
of
you
have
been
in
the
library
raise
your
hands
great.
It
looks
like
all
of
you,
because
it's
very
dark
up
here,
looking
at
the
audience,
so
I'm
gonna
take
that
as
a
hundred
percent
affirmative.
Yes,
the
library
has
many
different
components
to
it.
N
Let
me
just
list
off
a
couple
of
items
that
they
have
funded
with
the
recent
book
sales
remind
you
well,
even
the
library
was
down
for
two
years
in
2004,
the
Friends
of
the
Cupertino
library
library
gave
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
towards
the
furnishings
of
the
story
room
during
through
the
library
furnishings
campaign.
They
also
created
a
lot
of
those
self
checkout
machines
by
raising
another
twenty.
Three
thousand
excuse
me:
twenty
four
thousand
dollars
in
buying
those
numerous
self
checkout
machines.
N
In
fact,
the
Cupertino
library
has
the
most
out
of
all
the
libraries
in
the
county
system.
This
year.
The
Friends
is
donating
seven
thousand
dollars
to
purchase
additional
bestseller
copies
so
that
you,
as
library
patrons,
can
go
and
get
a
best-seller
as
soon
as
it
comes
out
and
not
have
to
wait
for
weeks
and
weeks
on
end
for
that
book
to
be
returned.
N
They
also
on
one
of
their
favorite
programs
that
they
like
to
fund
or
the
summer
reading
programs
that
benefit
all
the
students
here
in
Cupertino,
so
that
students
stay
up
on
literacy,
love
to
read
and
give
them
an
excuse
to
go
back
to
the
library
check
books
out
throughout
the
summer
and
keep
that
knowledge
going.
That's
actually
very
close
to
my
heart,
as
both
an
educator
in
the
First
Community
Service
I
ever
did
was
through
the
adult
literacy
program,
with
Santa
Clara
County
at
a
library
in
San
Jose.
N
N
R
Thank
you
very
much
Councilwoman
sand
of
all
and
thank
you
to
our
City
Council
and
our
will
mayor.
Kwok
I,
just
don't
know
what
to
say,
because
we
volunteer
because
we
love
it
and
have
a
passion
for
it.
We
don't
expect
somebody
to
reward
us
in
some
way
where
we
have
to
come
up
with
a
thank
you,
but
I
do
I
do
want
to
mention
two
individuals
who
are
really
really
key
to
our
being
and
that
and
they
are
in
the
audience
it
is
Kurt
Woodruff
and
his
wife,
Lois
Woodruff.
R
N
N
B
Thank
You,
dolly
in
the
past
15
minutes.
We've
been
talking
about
the
library
we
introduce
a
group
of
distinguished
volunteers,
the
library,
volunteers,
the
Cupertino
Library
Commission,
the
Friends
of
the
Cupertino
library,
but
we
still
have
one
more
group
of
very
distinguished
volunteers
that
would
like
to
recognize.
This
is
the
Cupertino
library
foundation.
The
foundation
is
comprised
of
a
volunteer
board
and
has
no
page
staff.
B
So
we
had
to
make
a
decision
whether
we
should
retain
the
old
furniture,
the
computers,
the
fixtures
and
the
equipment
all
go
and
raise
money
to
cover
this
equipment.
So
we
challenged
the
Cupertino
Library
Foundation,
which
has
been
in
operation
for
11
years
and
they
have
of
a
501
C
non-profit
status.
We
asked
them,
could
you
be
able
to
help-
and
they
overwhelmingly
say
yes
and
they
have
in
the
past
two
to
two
years.
I
have
the
privilege
to
work
with
the
members
of
the
funk
Library
foundations.
B
We
asked
them
to
set
a
goal
to
raise
1.3
million
dollar
for
the
equipment
and
fixtures
and
up
to
right
now
they
have
raised
almost
$800,000
and
the
thermal
is
still
rising
and
I'm
sure.
With
the
help
of
the
communities
they
will
meet
the
goal.
So
it
is
my
extreme
pressure
to
introduce
the
members
of
the
Cupertino
foundations.
Is
a
group
of
people
I
like
to
mention
them
as
I
mentioned
them?
B
Would
you
please
come
up
to
the
podium
and
starting
with
Alan
bit
well:
Jackie
doy
Salma
Epstein
Bridget,
gallon
shin-soo,
Jack
hobby
Jim,
Jackson,
yep,
Jayco,
Peter,
Cana
pop
couple:
Cindy
leopard
Michael
Lazar,
Nicoli,
Charles,
Nagy,
a-team,
bikini,
Jerry,
movi,
Faribault,
Magette,
Jim,
Olaf,
Pollux,
parsonage,
Jenna
radar,
Barbara,
Rogers,
Pat,
Rogers,
Dino,
Smith,
coffee
stall
and
Kwest
did
I.
Miss
anybody.
Q
B
Library
foundation
has
risen
up
to
the
occasion
and
met
our
challenge.
So
it
is
my
privilege
to
present
the
crest
of
war
to
a
group
of
very,
very
distinguished
citizens
and
volunteers
who
helped
to
make
cupertino
library,
one
of
the
biggest
assets
of
cupertino
and
one
of
the
best
library
in
the
county.
B
B
Q
We
are
certainly
a
nonprofit
organization,
but
our
goal
is
to
make
the
library
better
as
best
we
can.
We
have
an
outstanding
library.
We
have
an
outstanding
supervisor
in
librarian
and
Mary
Ann
Wallace
and
the
best
thing
we
have
and
our
biggest
asset
is
that
the
people
of
Cupertino,
like
the
members
of
the
foundation,
love
their
library
and
we
would
not
be
able
to
accomplish
very
much
without
the
support
of
all
those
people.
So
I
would
like
to
thank
them
also.
B
B
For
those
recipients
of
the
past
crest
reward,
I
apply
you
and
I.
Thank
you
with
my
with
a
deep
appreciation
and
for
those
recipients
tonight
once
again,
I.
Thank
you,
but
I
also
want
to
thank
their
spouses,
the
friends
their
families.
These
are
the
people
that
give
them
the
support
to
do
some
warranty
work
once
again,
I've
thanked
you,
everybody,
let's
give
another
round
of
applause
to
all
the
crest
wat
winners.